GAME 36 (Consolation/3rd Place)
Upperman High doesn’t lose often in basketball, so maybe that thrilling two-point loss to Greeneville in the tournament semifinals Thursday stung the Bees. Whatever the case, they came out with guns blazing in the consolation game Friday and romped past Ryle High of Kentucky 65-36.
The Bees flew to a 21-9 first quarter lead and never let up, opening a 39-18 halftime spread.
Abigail Johnson scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Upperman. Brooklyn Crouch also scored 20 and had four assists. Jayla Cobb was just a step back with 18 points and four assists in the impressive win over one of Kentucky’s best squads.
Austin Johnson had 10 points as the only double-digit scorer for Ryle High.
UPPERMAN (65): Bass 1-1 0-0 2, Brooklyn Crouch 8-20 1-2 20, Mullins 0-1 0-0 0, Hamilton 1-1 0-0 3, Jones 0-1 0-0 0, Conradi 0-0 0-1 0, Jayla Cobb 7-10 1-2 18, Abigail Johnson 8-8 4-6 20, Ella Harnell 1-1 0-1 2. TOTALS 26-43 6-12 65.
RYLE (36): Eubank 2-12 1-2 6, Hill 0-2 0-0 0, Nguyen 0-3 1-2 1, Abby Holtman 3-11 0-1 6, Austin Johnson 3-8 4-5 10, Snider 1-2 0-0 2, Jones 0-0 1-2 1, Carrigan 2-4 2-2 6, Geis 0-1 0-0 0, Baker 2-4 0-0 4. TOTALS: 13-47 9-14 36.
3-Point Goals: UH—7 (Crouch 3, Hamilton, Cobb 3). RH—1 (Eubank).
UPPERMAN 21 18 15 11—65
RYLE HIGH 9 9 7 11—36
